Baby carriage convertible to a bassinet



July 21, 1953 W. C. TROEN DLE BABY CARRIAGE CONVERTIBLE TO A BASSINET E Filed Oct. l1, 1948 IN V EN TOR.

Patented July 21,21953 u y! UNITED STATE BABY CARRIAGE CONVERTIBLE 'I O'A l 1 JYBASSINEVT f i i William C. YTr-oenclle, Gardner,l Mass., assigfnortoY Thayer Company, Gardner,v Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application october 11, 194.3, serial N6. 53,982

This invention relates to improvements in convertible baby carriages of the type comprising a coachbody adapted to be detachably supported upon a wheeled frame, the body being separable from' the frame and having a support of its own separate from the wheeledfframe, so that it maybe set upon anyother support, such as a floor, `table or bed,l or particularly in aseat of anautomobile, forduse in the general manner ofa bassinet. p, ,A

Further objects of the invention reside in thevprovision of afolding Vwheeled frame in com` bination with a folding Vbaby carriage body, said body having means thereon adapted'to be d is- Vposed upon parts of the frame for the support of the'latter on the former, whereby it is selectively capable of being removed therefrom and used as a bassinet, in combination with Va locking plate and pivoted arms thereon, said pivoted arms being movable from out of the way positions which are horizontalpand close to the upper part of the frame of the folding carriage body, to a position atangles thereto, where they depend below the body so as to rest in locked vcondition upon a support and thus hold the cars claims; A(C1. 28o-3.1) 1

bringing. the Vrectangular frame 22 vertically downwardly with the pusher handle 38 disposed Y thereover in folded condition.

Thercarriage body is generally indicated at 32 and is preferably of folding construction having an upper rectangular frame 34 supporting the body 32 as by means ofa seam or the like. Frame 34 is provided at each end with a handle 36 and these handles are disposablel over the end members '24 of the frame 22 to suspend the carriage body 32 within the folding frame so that it hangs down from the lopen rectangular frame 22. selectively,

however, the carri-age body 32 may be lifted by Vthe handles 36 directly upwardly outof the frame see Fig. 3, and are curved on the arc of a circle,

riage body in useful condition in the absence ofV the wheeled. frame.

Other objects and advantages of the inventionl i will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to theV accompanying .like I8 mounted on wheels I2 and supporting as byshackles I6 a conventional scissors frame I8 pivoted at 2U for folding the frame. yAt the upper ends of the scissors frame, there is proterminating in inturned ends 44. For each slot 4 2, there is a leg 46, the opposite legs 46 at each side ofthe body 32 being connected as by a member 48 so that actually the pair of locking plates is interconnected by means of two yswinging U-shaped elements comprising arms 46 and 48.

. The free endsrof the arms 46 are provided with slots 58 inwhich are received pivot pins 52 so that the U-shaped elements 46, 48are pivotable in the ydirections of the arrows B in Fig. 1, and

are also longitudinally movable as indicated by the arrow C in Figs. Band 5.

Each arm 46 is provided with'a pair of pins 54 and 56, these pins being spaced from each other of the slots.

vided a xed rectangular open frame generally y elements ofthe scissors frame is provided Vwith'a folding pusher handle 30 which may be unlocked relative to the scissors frame and'pivoted over 30a inv the direction of the arrow A in Fig. l

so as to fold the entire frame, thus far described, Y'

as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and extending from opposite sides of the arm 46. The pin 56 extends through its corresponding slotr42 and acts as a locking means in the terminations 44 The pins 54l provide a means for anchoring a spring 58 between the arm 46 and theY plate 40, see especially Fig. 4. K

In the operation of the device, assuming that the arms 46 are. in their Fig. -1 position, the car- Y riage may b e lifted up out of theframe and set `down upon any support desired, so that the carriage'body 32, although flexible and foldable, is

' securely supported by the two U-shaped elements, Awhether upon afloor, table or seat of an automobile. At :any time 'the carriage body 32 may e be replaced with handles 36 resting on end members 24 of the frame 22. However, supposing that it is desired to fold the carriage, the U-shaped members 46, 48 are grasped manually and moved downwardly against the action of the springs 58 so as to remove pins 5B from the terminations 44 that locks it in the Fig. 1 position, and thereupon the U-shaped elements 46, 48 are swung up in the direction of arrows B in Fig. 1, until they are horizontal and the pins 5E snap into the horizontal ends 44 so as to lock the U-shaped supports and allow the baby carriage to be folded in the usual manner.

It Will be seen that the handle. 30 also provides` a convenient means for securing one end of the detached body member to an automobile as by means of a hook or any othermeans desired. It is also to be noted that the hood 60" is conveniently pivoted by a member 62 to the locking plate 40. t

Having thus described my invention and the frame from the wheeled frame, aA folding carriage body on the carriage body frame, supports fory the. carriage body frame to provide for holding the folding carriage body in extended condition on the latch plates, interengaging means on the latch plates and their respective arms to latch the arms selectively in either of two pivoted positions, springs to draw the arms rectilinearly into the latched positions thereof, one of the positions of the arms being along the sides of the carriage frame so that the folding carriage body may be folded, and the other position being an extended position of the arms to provide for extension of the carriage body when the extended armssupport the carriage body frame in raised condition.

2. The carriage of claim 1 wherein the interengaging means comprises notched slots in the plates and lugs on the arms in the slots.

3. The carriage of claim 1 wherein the interengaging means comprises a pair of arc-shaped Y slots in each plate, each slot having a center of when the carriagebody and body frame are separate from theV Wheeled frame, said supportsv ing for a slight rectilinear motion for said arms curvature coinciding with said pin, a slot in each arm receiving the pin, and inwardly directed notches at the ends of each arc-shaped slot.

WILLIAM C. TROENDLE.

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